UL coach Meg Cook poses here with her 1984 Cajun women's tennis team.

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Bruce Brown
Written for Athletic Network

Cook, who has built a successful career as a teaching professional at Oakbourne Country Club while working with head tennis pro and fellow UL graduate Paul Griffith, was the first female recipient of an athletic scholarship in school history.

She felt so at home in Lafayette, in fact, that she was willing to attend UL and play for the Ragin' Cajun women without a scholarship. ...